Chad Disputes Libya on Victory

AP

Published: September 18, 1987

ROME, Sept. 17—
Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, the Libyan leader, says that his troops have ousted Chad's forces from a disputed border zone and that the seven-year-old war is over, Libya's official press agency said today.

But Chad's Ambassador to France called the Libyan leader's statement ''a flagrant manifestation of dishonesty.''

''By these words, Qaddafi wants to impose on Africa and the international community his policy of 'fait accompli,' of annexation and of expansion into Chad,'' said the Ambassador, Ahmad Allam-Mi.

JANA, the Libyan press agency quoted Colonel Qaddafi as telling a rally Wednesday night that the war ''is over after the dogs of war were pushed out of Aozou, destroyed in Al Sarra.''

They said an officer would be paid a monthly salary of $1,000, a sergeant $800 and a soldier $600, and that a unit of about 1,000 Druse recruits was due to leave for Libya from the Damascus airport next week.